This section explains how to register the ICT resources managed by this product in resource pools.
"Resource pools" are a type of resource folder displayed on the orchestration tree of RC Console, which stores the resources for selection when creating or adding L-Servers.
A resource pool type is specified when creating a resource pool, and only resources of a specific type are stores in each type of resource pool. When installing this product, one resource pool is created for each resource pool type.
This section explains how to register resource pool types or resources to a resource pool.
Type of resource pool | Type of resources stored in the resource pool | How to register resources in resource pools | Registration required? |
|---|---|---|---|
VM pool | VM host resources | Refer to "VM host resources". | Yes |
Server pool | Physical server resources | Not supported by this product | No |
Storage pool | Virtual storage resources | Refer to "Storage resources". | Yes |
Network pool | Network resources | Refer to "Network resources". | Yes |
Address pool | Address set resources | Not supported by this product | No |
Image pool | Virtual image resources
| Refer to "Virtual Image resources". | Yes (*1) |
Yes: Required
No: Not required
*1: If the template is used, register them to the image pools.
This section explains how to register VM hosts in VM pools.
Use the following procedure to register VM hosts in a VM pool.
In the RC console orchestration tree, right-click the target VM pool, and select the [Register Resources] from the context menu.
The [Register Resources] dialog box will be displayed.
Select the VM host to be registered.
The list of the VM hosts that can be registered is displayed in the resource list. Select the VM host that you want to register using the [Select] checkbox, or select all VM host resources displayed in the resource list by checking [Select all].
Click the <OK>.
The VM host resource is registerd.
This section explains how to register a storage resource in a storage pool.
Use the following procedure to register a storage resource.
In the RC console orchestration tree, right-click the target storage pool, and select [Register Resources] from the popup menu.
The [Register Resources] dialog is displayed.
Select the storage resource to register from [Resources].
When creating a specified size of disk automatically from the virtual storage during L-Server creation, select [Virtual storage].
When [Virtual Storage] is selected, the virtual storage resources which can be registered will be displayed in the resource list.
Select the virtual storage resource which you want to register using the [Select] checkbox of the resources, or select all registered virtual storage resources by checking [Select all].
Note
Virtual storage resources cannot be selected for EMC storage.
When using a disk that has been created in advance as an L-Server, select [Disk resource].
When the following items are specified as search conditions, the list for the relevant disk resources which can be registered is displayed.
Select a virtual storage where there is a disk that has been created in advance.
Enter the size of the disk resource.
Enter the lowest value of the disk size to be searched as a number with up to one decimal place, in units of gigabytes. Check the [Minimum value] checkbox, and enter a value lower than the maximum value.
Enter the highest value of the disk size to be searched as a number with up to one decimal place, in units of gigabytes. Check the [Maximum value] checkbox, and enter a value higher than the minimum value.
Depending the value of the second decimal place of the disk size, matching disks may not be able to be displayed in the result. For search conditions, specify a size allowing for errors.
Select the disk resource which you want to register using the "Select" checkbox of the displayed disk resources, or select all registered disk resources by checking [Select all].
Click the <OK>.
The storage resource is registered.
Note
When using a LUN that has been created in advance and a LUN for iSCSI boot as a disk resource, if the L-Server is deleted or disks are deleted from L-Servers, the content of disks will remain (is not deleted).
When the disk resource is registered in a global pool, it is possible to be allocated to unspecified users, so caution is necessary.
When using a LUN that has been created in advance as a disk resource, it is recommended to operate the LUN in a local pool, and delete data on the disk during deletion of L-Servers or detachment of disks.
Use the following methods to delete the data on disks.
Using an OS, perform disk formatting while the L-Server is connected
Using a function of the storage, perform disk formatting (For ETERNUS)
Create a LUN again
This section explains how to create network resources and register them in network pools.
Use the following procedure to create a network resource.
Create a new network resource
Refer to "Create a new network resource" for details.
Create a network resource using the registered admin LAN subnet
Refer to "Create a network resource using the registered admin LAN subnet" for details.
Create a new network resource
Use the following procedure to create a new network resource and register it in a network pool.
In the RC console orchestration tree, right-click the target network pool, and select [Create Resource] - [New] from the popup menu.
The [Create a network resource] dialog is displayed.
Enter the items below, and click the <OK>.
Enter a name for the network resource.
If "Admin LAN" was selected as the type, enter a string that is no more than 16 characters long, where the first character is a number or letter (either upper- or lower-case) and the remaining characters are alphanumeric characters (either upper- or lower-case), underscores (“_”), periods (“.”) and hyphens (“-”).
If "Admin LAN" was not selected as the type, enter a string that is no more than 32 characters long, where the first character is a number or letter (either upper- or lower-case) and the remaining characters are alphanumeric characters (either upper- or lower-case), underscores (“_”), periods (“.”) and hyphens (“-”).
The network resource type that will be created is set using the following radio buttons:
Public LAN
Admin LAN
iSCSI boot (Although this will be displayed, it cannot be used in this product)
Note
To create the public LAN, the network resource name and VLAN ID must both be entered.
To create the admin LAN, the network resource name, VLAN ID, subnet address and subnet mask must all be entered.
Set the VLAN ID and external connection ports.
Clicking [Setting] displays the [Define VLAN ID/Uplink port settings] dialog.
Specify the VLAN ID to allocate to the LAN switch blade and virtual switch. Select a VLAN ID allocated to the external port of the LAN switch blade, or enter a number. Specify a pre-designed VLAN ID.
Enter an integer between "1" and "4094".
For external networks that include blade servers
Select from a list of VLAN IDs with external ports.
For internal networks, or external networks with only rack-mounted servers
Enter a VLAN ID.
When selecting the "Filter ports by VLAN ID" checkbox with an ID specified, the next time an external connection port is configured, the displayed information is filtered.
When an L-Server is connected to an external network, set up the virtual switch and the internal port for the LAN switch blade, so that the L-Server can communicate with the specified ports.
Clicking <Settings> displays the [Define VLAN ID/Uplink port settings] dialog.
Specify the external connection ports that are used when external networks that include blade servers are automatically set up.
Select the checkboxes for the external connection ports that have been designed and set up in advance. Select two ports that will form a pair. If there are multiple chassis, select all of the ports that the chassis will use.
To specify a port for a link aggregation configuration, perform the following tasks:
First check the settings for the LAN switch blade, and then select at least one port for which link aggregation has been set up.
If the target port is not displayed in the external connection port list, clear the "Filter ports by VLAN ID" checkbox. Regardless of the VLAN ID, the ports available for external connections on the LAN switch blade are displayed.
Do not specify these settings for internal networks or for external networks with only rack-mounted servers.
This setting can be omitted if "Public LAN" is specified for the type.
Enter if you want to automatically set a network and IP address for the NIC connected to the network resource when deploying an image on an L-Server. IP addresses included in subnet addresses are allocated to L-Servers, but it is possible to specify a range of addresses to exclude. Clicking <Add> will display the [Define start and end IP addresses] dialog, specify the range of IP addresses to exclude, and click <Add>. To reactivate excluded IP addresses, check the appropriate checkboxes on the list, and click the <Delete>. Clicking the <OK> displays the original dialog with the entered settings.
Network addresses and broadcast addresses are automatically excluded.
Information
If a subnet address has been specified for a network resource, IP addresses can be set up automatically when images are distributed to L-Servers.
If a subnet address has not been specified, the DHCP settings will be used.
Enter the subnet address and subnet mask to be set up using "xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" format.
The maximum value for the subnet mask is "255.255.255.255" (32-bit mask), and the minimum value is "255.255.0.0" (16-bit mask). However, "255.255.255.254" cannot be specified.
Note
When creating a physical L-Server, specify a different subnet to the admin LAN subnet for the public LAN subnet.
When the physical L-Server is created, the admin LAN will be created by default after this product is installed. Register the default admin LAN IP address as an IP address that will not be a target of allocation. If this is not registered, it may overlap with the IP address of a device that is not a management target of this product.
This can be omitted if Admin LAN was not selected as the type.
Enter the IP address for the default gateway to be used when communicating outside the subnet.
This item can be used to specify IP addresses that should not be automatically allocated to L-Servers. Reasons for not automatically allocating to an L-Server include because the IP addresses are being used by another device, because there is a plan to use them in future, or for some other reason.
Note
For the IP addresses specified in the subnet addresses and subnet masks, the following addresses are automatically excluded from allocation. They cannot be specified as target IP addresses.
Admin Server
Managed Servers
Network addresses and broadcast addresses
To exclude other IP addresses (such as VM management product or LAN switch blade admin IP addresses), set these as non-target IP addresses.
Information
One admin LAN network resource will be created automatically for the admin network that is specified when this product is installed.
To use two or more admin networks, create two or more admin LAN network resources.
Note that there is no need to register a server resource tree admin LAN subnet.
For details on how to register admin LAN subnets, refer to "6.1.7 Registering Admin LAN Subnets [Windows]" in the "ServerView Resource Coordinator VE Setup Guide".
Assign an alias to the network resource that is easy to understand (based on what is used for, for example).
Enter a string that is no more than 32 characters long.
For a comment, you can freely enter information about the network resource. For example, the comment can include detailed information about what the network resource is used for, or what to do if a fault occurs, so that the fault can be resolved quickly.
Enter a string that is no more than 256 characters long.
The network resource will be created and registered in the network pool.
Create a network resource using the registered admin LAN subnet
Use the following procedure to create a network resource using the registered admin LAN subnet and register it in a network pool.
In the RC console orchestration tree, right-click the target network pool, and select [Create Resource]-[Using existing admin subnet] from the popup menu.
The [Create a network resource] dialog is displayed.
Enter the items below, and click <OK>.
Clicking <Select> displays the [Select a subnet for the admin LAN] dialog.
Select an already configured admin LAN subnet.
When the selected admin LAN subnet has no name, enter the name of a network resource for "Network resource name".
Enter up to 32 characters beginning with an alphanumeric character (upper or lower case), and including alphanumeric characters (upper or lower case), underscores ("_"), periods ("."), or hyphens ("-").
Click the <OK>.
"Admin LAN" is displayed.
Refer to "VLAN/External" Connection Port Settings" of "Create a new network resource" for details.
Refer to "Subnet settings" of "Create a new network resource" for details.
Refer to "Label" of "Create a new network resource" for details.
Refer to"Comment" of "Create a new network resource" for details.
The network resource will be created and registered in the network pool.
This section explains how to register the cloning master in the image pool.
If the image (template) has already been created in the VM management product, use the following procedure to register it in the image pool.
In the RC console orchestration tree, right-click the target image pool, and select [Register Resources] from the popup menu.
The [Register Resources] dialog box will be displayed.
Select the cloning image to register and click the <OK>.
The cloning master will then be registered.
Note
For an image (template) that has already been created in the VM management product, change the template name as shown below so that it can be handled in this product.
Delete everything except the alphanumeric characters and underscores ("_").
Where the first character is not an alphanumeric character, delete the characters up to the first alphanumeric character.
